By Muriel Bristol | November 19, 2023
Carl Edwin Pinkham was born in Milton, August 22, 1886, son of James D. and Sarah A. (McGonigle) Pinkham.
Carl E. Pinkham graduated from Nute High School with its six-member Class of 1904.
MILTON. The Democratic caucus to choose delegates to the State convention is called to meet at the store of James D. Pinkham, Tuesday, May 26 (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), May 22, 1908).
The Pinkham and O’Brien Company, organized at Portland for the purpose of dealing in lamp chimneys and crockery ware, with $10,000 capital stock of which $50 is paid in. Officers: President, Louis H. O’Brien of Portland; treasurer Carl E. Pinkham of Milton, N.H. Certificate filed August 18, 1908 (Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), August 19, 1908).
C.E. Pinkham appeared in the Milton business directories of 1909, and 1912, as a baker and grocer on Main street, near the Post Office. (Joseph H. Avery was then the Milton postmaster). Pinkham boarded with his parents at 6 Silver street.
Milton sent Carl E. Pinkham to Concord, NH, as its NH State Representative for the 1909-10 biennium.
Bills in Third Reading Trick. … A certificate of incorporation has been issued by the secretary of state with the approval of the commission of corporations to the Sunset Grocery company of Lynn, with authority to deal in real estate, to engage in a general contracting and constructing business; to act as brokers and selling agents of any and all commodities; to deal in all kinds of goods, wares and merchandise and personal property; to hold patent rights as well as the stocks and bonds of other corporations on a capital of $2,000. The officers of this new Massachusetts corporation (It already holds a charter under the laws of Maine) are President Carl E. Pinkham of Milton, N.H.; treasurer, Francis I. Falkin of Lynn and clerk, William B. Goodridge of Lynn (Daily Item (Lynn, MA), April 9, 1910).
James D. Pinkham, a news dealer, aged forty-three years, headed a Milton household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-three years), Sarah [(McGonigle)] Pinkham, aged forty-five years (b. Ireland), and his children, Carl Pinkham, a merchant (grocery store), aged twenty-four years (b. NH), and Harold Pinkham, aged sixteen years (b. NH). James D. Pinkham owned their house, free-and-clear. Sarah Pinkham was the mother of two children, of whom two were still living. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Fred Hartford, a barber (own shop), aged thirty-two years (b. NH), and Natt E. Young, a draftsman (engineering off.), aged thirty-three years (b. ME).
MILTON. Carl Pinkham is in Lynn on a short visit (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), September 30, 1910).
Carl E. Pinkham appeared in the Lynn, MA, directory of 1911, as being employed at the Sunset Grocery C0., with his house at Milton, N.H. Sunset Grocery Co. appeared at 590 Essex street, with the named associates of Carl E. Pinkham, Frank I. Folkins, and W.H. Goodridge.
MILTON. Carl Pinkham has been in Boston and Lynn this week, the guest of his mother (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), August 30, 1912).
SUNSET GROCERY CO. This is the corner grocery store, recently purchased from L.B. Foster by the above company and added to their rapidly growing chain of stores. Under the direction of the enterprising new proprietor, C.E. Pinkham of Milton, this store has assumed a most orderly and attractive interior. The goods are very neatly and artistically displayed and the new store is receiving a liberal and highly appreciated share of patronage. Many Christmas specials are being offered here at low prices. Among these are the famous “Angelus Brand” of canned goods, celery, cranberries, pop corn, nuts, fancy biscuits, figs, dates and grapes. This is also the exclusive agency for the well known “Meadow Gold” butter and eggs. The store is neatly kept and handsomely decorated and should not be forgotten when you make up the Christmas dinner list (Farmington News, December 20, 1912).
Carl E. Pinkham appeared in the Lynn, MA, directory of 1912, and 1913, as president at 590 Essex street, with his house at Milton, N.H. The Sunset Grocery Co. appeared at 590 Essex street.
Carl E. Pinkham was one of twelve Milton residents that registered their automobiles in 1912. He had a 27.2 h.p. Nyberg automobile, with license plate number “1940.” (Pinkham had then the only Nyberg automobile in town).
We call attention to the ad of the Nyberg automobile. Carl Pinkham of Milton is the agent in this vicinity. If looking for an auto do not fail of reading the exceptional offer in this issue of the NEWS. Write Mr. Pinkham for full particulars (Farmington News, February 21, 1913).
PERSONAL. C.B. Tarbell, C.E. Pinkham, Herbert Willey, all of Milton, were in town Monday night and attended the regular meeting of Fraternal Lodge, A.F. and A.M. (Farmington News, March 7, 1913).
MILTON, N.H. The directors of the Milton Factory Co. have chosen Fred B. Roberts as president and Carl E. Pinkham as treasurer (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), August 22, 1913).
MILTON, N.H. Miss Alta D. Chipman has a position with the Sunset Grocery Co., as bookkeeper (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), August 22, 1913).
Carl E. Pinkham married (1st) in Boston, MA, October 25, 1913, Maude Malpas Carter, he of Milton and she of Lebanon, ME. He was a merchant, aged twenty-seven years, and she was aged thirty-two years. Rev. Herbert S. Johnson performed the ceremony. She was born in Wilmington, MA, in March 1881, daughter of Fred M. and Barbara E. (Cole) Carter. She was a Milton sub. telephone operator in 1912, and her father was superintendent of the Union Ice Co.’s Milton icehouse (See Milton’s Ice Industry).
HONEYMOON ALL PLANNED. But Carl Pinkham of Milton, and Maud Carter of Maine Had Trying Time With Five-Day Law. Carl E. Pinkham’s experience in trying to be married Saturday night to Maud M. Carter became known at the Courthouse yesterday. He came from Milton, N.H., she from Lebanon, Me. They filed their marriage intention in the office of the Town Clerk at Milton, N.H. and thought that sufficed for them to be married in Boston. They came here Saturday afternoon with the purpose of being married by Rev Herbert S. Johnson but they struck a snag in the law requiring them to live here five days before they could be married. Their honeymoon was all planned. It was suggested that a judge of the Probate Court might permit a waiver of the statutory provision relating to five days They saw Edward McGlenen, city registrar, but he could not help them save by way of suggestion as to what they could do. They went to the home of Judge Grant of the Probate Court in the Back Bay. He told them that if Arthur W. Dolan, register of probate, could be found and they filed a petition asking for a waiver of the five-day period in a legal manner, he would issue a decree thereon. They then went in search of Mr. Dolan and found him at his home in Charlestown. In the pouring rain he came to the Courthouse at 8:30, accepted the petition which was made out in his office, and then the couple went back to Judge Grant, who issued the necessary decree. They then went to a minister and were married (Boston Globe, October 29, 1913).
The Sunset Grocery Co., as well as Carl E. Perkins’ erstwhile partners, filed for bankruptcy, in October 1914.
Business Troubles. Francis I. Folkins. treasurer of the Sunset Grocery Company, Lynn, has filed a petition in bankruptcy on behalf of the company. Liabilities, $4306; assets $2450. Francis I. Folkins, clerk, 84 High Rock at, Lynn, has filed a petition in bankruptcy. He owes $1589 and has no assets. William H. Goodridge, clerk, 39 Rogers av., Lynn, has filed a petition in bankruptcy. He owes $2674 and has no assets (Boston Globe, October 6, 1914).
HORSES AND CARRIAGES. Horse, wagon and harness formerly used in the business of the Sunset Grocery Co. Apply to Frank S. Newton, trustee, 778 Western avenue, or John Ingram, attorney. Item building (Boston Globe, November 21, 1914).
Carl E. Pinkham appeared in the Laconia, NH, directories of 1915, 1916, and 1917, as a wholesale grocer, gasoline, etc., at 6 Winnisquam avenue, with his house at 65 Lincoln street.
Carl E. Pinkham, a wholesale grocer, aged thirty years (b. Milton, NH) registered for the WW I military draft in Laconia, NH, June 5, 1917. He resided at 65 Lincoln street, in Laconia, NH. He was tall, with a slender build; and had blue eyes and brown hair (slightly balding). He was married. He claimed an exemption due to his occupation.
Carl E. (Maude M.) Pinkham appeared in the Laconia NH, directory of 1919, as treasurer of the Pinkham-Simpson Co., with his house at 130 Pleasant street. The Pinkham-Simpson Co. appeared as wholesale grocers, gasoline, etc., at 6 Winnisquam avenue. Hugh A. (Emma) Simpson appeared as president of the Pinkham-Simpson Co., with his house at 36 Pine street.
C.E. Pinkham, aged thirty-three years (b. NH), headed a Laconia, NH, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Maude [(Carter)] Pinkham, aged thirty-seven years (b. MA). C.E. Pinkham rented their house at 130 Pleasant Street.
Carl E. (Maude C.) Pinkham appeared in the Laconia, NH, directory of 1922, as having moved to Boston, MA. It was said elsewhere that he moved to Florida in 1924. He and his wife divorced at some time between 1922 and 1930; she may not have gone with him to Florida.
7,680 Acres Tied Up in Court Suit. … Samuel H. Golden, R.P. Allen, Carl E. Pinkham, G.M.L. Johnson and Victor Moffat are named as having interest in mortgages. Perry Tichenor and the Miami Oil and Natural Gas company are defendants because of alleged leases on parts of the property (Miami Tribune, August 12, 1926).
Carl E. Pinkham married (2nd) in Broward County, FL, June 6, 1930, Emma Louise Gillette. He was aged forty-three years and she was aged thirty-one years. (For some reason, perhaps due to a legal complication with his divorce, they would repeat this 1930 marriage in 1961 (see below for further details)).
Former mother-in-law Barbara E. (Cole) Carter died in Millbury, MA, November 23, 1934.
Carl E. Pinkham, distilled water, aged forty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Miami, FL, household at the time of the FL State Census of 1935. His household included his wife, a housewife, aged thirty-five years (b. NJ). Carl E. Pinkham owned their house at 2000 N.W. 3rd Street.
BUILDING PERMITS. Carl E. Pinkham, frame residence, 440 N.W. Forty-third street, $2,000 (Miami Herald, August 25, 1935).
PROPERTY TRANSFERS. Katherine Koch to Carl E. Pinkham, land in section 24-53-41 (Miami Herald, October 4, 1935).
PERSONAL. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pinkham of Miami, Fla., the former’s father, James Pinkham, and son Harold, both of Milton, were in town last Friday and called on Mrs. Addie Canney. Mr. Pinkham. Sr., has been in ill health for several months (Farmington News, November 5, 1937).
Father James D. Pinkham died of subacute nephritis (with anasarca) on Silver Street in Milton, December 15, 1937, aged seventy-one years, four months, and twenty-five days. He was a lifelong resident and retired merchant. Albert E. Bascomb, M.D. signed the death certificate.
Carl Pinkham, a realtor (real estate), aged fifty-three years (b. NH), headed a Miami, FL, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Emma Louise [(Gillette)] Pinkham, aged forty-two years (b. NJ). Carl Pinkham owned their house on 239 N.E. 14th Terrace, which was valued at $5,000. They had both resided in Miami, FL, in 1935.
Former father-in-law Fred M. Carter died on Millbury, MA, June 13, 1940, aged eighty-four years.
DEATH NOTICES. CARTER. In Millbury, June 13, Fred M., 84 years. Funeral services from Michals’ Funeral Home, Wilmington, Saturday, June 15. at 2.30 p.m. Relatives and friends invited (Boston Globe, June 14, 1940).
Mother Sarah A. (McGonigle) Pinkham died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Milton, December 11, 1942, aged seventy-nine years, five months. She was a widowed housekeeper and sixty-year Milton resident. M.A.H. Hart, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Mother-in-law Alida (Crampton) Gillette died in Miami, FL, in 1944. (Her husband, Arthur C. Gillette, had predeceased her in Jersey City, MJ, July 20, 1902).
MRS. ALIDA C. GILLETTE. Mrs. Alida C. Gillette, 70, a Miami resident 21 years, coming from Jersey City, died Friday at her home, 230 NE 15th st. Services will be held at 5 p.m. Monday in Ahern funeral chapel, the Rev. G.W. Gasque officiating, and the body sent to Jersey City for burial. Mrs. Gillette is survived by three sons, William, Arthur and John; a daughter, Mrs. Carl Pinkham of Miami; a sister, Mrs. Almeda Paulsen of Los Angeles; two brothers. Capt. Scott Le Hommegeiux of Islip, L.I., NY and Capt. Mark Le Hommegeiux, of Bayport, L.I. (Miami News, March 25, 1944).
Personally Speaking. After an early summer sojourn in Bar Harbor, Me., Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Pinkham, 239 N.E. 14th ter., are visiting in Cleveland, Ohio. They plan to be gone until next month and will return home by airplane (Miamin Herald, August 11, 1946).
Carl E. Pinkham, a real estate salesman (real estate office), aged sixty-three years (b. NH), headed a Miami, FL, household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Emma L. [(Gillette)] Pinkham, aged fifty-one years (b. NJ). They resided at 239 N.E. 14th Terrace.
DRESS SHOP. CORAL Gables Money maker. Splendid fixtures, Air-conditioned. Carl E. Pinkham, 292 Miracle Mile, good lease, Ph 48-7810 (Miami Herald, August 1, 1952).
FOR SALE – HOMES. Open 1 to 5. 1136 Andora Ave. OWNER moving to Calif. Must sell spacious 3 bedroom Riviera home. Faces North, Large 2 car garage, Room for swimming pool, 2400 Sq. Ft. for only $23,900. Carl E. Pinkham Broker, Ph. 48-7810 (Miami Herald, August 2, 1952).
Carl Edwin Pinkham and Emma Louise Gillette repeated their earlier 1930 Florida marriage ceremony at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church in Hanover, NH, September 29, 1961, both of 823 Capri Street, Coral Gables, FL. He was a realtor, aged seventy-five years, and she was a registered nurse, aged sixty-three years. Rev. Leslie W. Hodder performed the ceremony. She was born in Jersey City, NJ, October 15, 1897, daughter of Arthur C. and Alida (Crampton) Gillette.
Carl Pinkham died in Miami, FL, July 3, 1971, aged eighty-four years.
DEATH NOTICES. PINKHAM. CARL E., 84, of 629 Navarre Ave., July 3. Came to Miami in 1924 from Laconia, New Hampshire. He retired in 1969 as a Real Estate Broker, both in Coral Gables and Miami. A 32nd Degree Mason and a Shriner. Survived by his wife E. Louise Pinkham and a brother Harold B. of Milton, N.H. Repose 4-9 PM Mon. Services 3:30 PM Tues. VAN ORSDEL CORAL GABLES CHAPEL (Miamin News, July 5, 1971).
E. Louise (Gillette) Pinkham died in Dade County, FL, August 24, 1980, aged eighty-two years
GREATER MIAMI DEATHS. PINKHAM, E. Louise, 82, of Miami. Private services were held, Van Orsdel Coral Gables Chapel (Miami Herald, August 28, 1980).
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